Display Device with Integrated Touch Screen

ABSTRACT

A display device with integrated touch screen is provided. The display device includes a panel configured to include a plurality of electrodes and to be division-driven in a display driving mode and a touch driving mode during one frame period, a display driver IC configured to apply a common voltage to the plurality of electrodes during the display driving mode, and an ROIC configured to apply, to the plurality of electrodes, a touch scan signal for sensing a touch when the touch driving mode is a first touch driving mode, and apply, to the plurality of electrodes, a touch scan signal for detecting a touch input position when the touch driving mode is a second touch driving mode.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of the Korean Patent Application No.10-2014-0080754 filed on Jun. 30, 2014, which is hereby incorporated byreference as if fully set forth herein.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a display device, and moreparticularly, to a display device with integrated touch screen.

2. Discussion of the Related Art

With the advancement of information-oriented society, variousrequirements for display field are increasing. Recently, various displaydevices, such as liquid crystal display (LCD) devices, plasma displaypanels (PDPs), organic light emitting display devices, etc., are beingused.

Such display devices use a touch-based input method which enables a userto easily, intuitively, conveniently input information or a command,instead of a general input method using a button, a keyboard, or amouse.

In order to provide the touch-based input method, it is required todetermine the presence of a user's touch and accurately detect touchcoordinates.

To this end, in the related art, a touch sensing function is provided byusing one of various touch types such as a resistive type, a capacitancetype, an electromagnetic induction type, an infrared type, and anultrasound type. In the capacitance type, a mutual capacitance type thatuses a mutual capacitance between a plurality of touch electrodes (forexample, longitudinal electrodes and horizontal electrodes) provided ina touch screen panel or a self-capacitance type that detects thepresence of a touch and touch coordinates based on a capacitance changebetween pointers such as a touch electrode and a finger is widely used.

In various touch types, a touch driving mode may be divided into an idlemode for determining whether there is a touch input and an active touchmode for detecting a touch input position. That is, a panel is driven inthe idle mode for determining whether the panel is touched, and when atouch input occurs while the idle mode is being executed, the panel isdriven in the active touch mode for detecting a touch input position.

However, in general touch screens, there is no driving differencebetween the idle mode and the active mode in a touch type, and for thisreason, power is unnecessarily consumed because a touch operation of apanel is performed even in the idle mode identically to the active touchmode.

Hereinafter, the above-described problem will be described withreference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an application of a touch scan signalin an idle mode and an active mode in a general touch screen displaydevice.

In the general touch screen display device, as illustrated in FIG. 1,the touch scan signal is continuously applied through an ROIC in a touchactive driving mode and a touch idle driving mode.

To provide a more detailed description on driving of FIG. 1, electrodes#1 to #6 may be sensed a total of two times in the touch active drivingmode. In other words, in an example of FIG. 1, the touch scan signal isapplied to all electrodes a total of two times in the touch activedriving mode during one frame period. In the touch idle driving mode,the electrodes #1 to #6 may be sensed once. In other words, in theexample of FIG. 1, the touch scan signal is applied to all theelectrodes once in the touch idle driving mode during one frame period.

As described above, unlike the touch active driving mode, in the touchidle driving mode, a method is used in which the number of times thepanel is wholly sensed is reduced by lowering a frequency at which thetouch scan signal is applied, and the ROIC is always turned on even inthe touch idle driving mode. For this reason, even when the touch idlemode is continuously executed, consumption power is not reduced.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an application of a touch scan signalin an idle mode and an active mode in a general display device withintegrated touch screen.

The display device with integrated touch screen includes an in-cell typetouch screen, and a display driving operation and a touch drivingoperation are time-division performed during one frame. For suchdriving, a common electrode which is used for display driving is used asa touch electrode in a touch driving period.

Referring to FIG. 2, in the general display device with integrated touchscreen, a touch scan signal is continuously applied through ROIC in atouch driving mode including the touch active driving mode and the touchidle driving mode.

In other words, FIG. 2 illustrates an example of the general displaydevice with integrated touch screen. As described above, a displaydriving operation and a touch driving operation are time-divisionperformed during one frame, and thus, the touch scan signal iscontinuously applied through the ROIC in the touch driving mode exceptthe display driving mode.

To provide a more detailed description on driving of FIG. 2, electrodes#1 to #6 may be sensed a total of two times in the touch active drivingmode included in the touch driving mode. In other words, in an exampleof FIG. 2, the touch scan signal is applied to all electrodes a total oftwo times in the touch active driving mode during one frame period. Inthe touch idle driving mode, the electrodes #1 to #3 may be sensed atotal of two times in the touch idle driving mode. Alternatively, in thetouch idle driving mode, the electrodes #1 to #3 may be sensed once, andthe electrodes #4 to #6 may be sensed once.

As described above, unlike the touch active driving mode, in the touchidle driving mode, a method is used in which the number of times thepanel is wholly sensed is reduced by lowering a frequency at which thetouch scan signal is applied, and the ROIC is always turned on even inthe touch idle driving mode identically to the touch active drivingmode. For this reason, in the touch driving mode of an in-cell typetouch screen according to an example of FIG. 2, even when the touch idlemode is continuously executed, consumption power is not reduced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, the present invention is directed to provide a displaydevice with integrated touch screen that substantially obviates one ormore problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art.

An object of the present invention is to provide a display device withintegrated touch screen, which can reduce consumption power in a touchidle driving mode.

Additional advantages and features of the invention will be set forth inpart in the description which follows and in part will become apparentto those having ordinary skill in the art upon examination of thefollowing or may be learned from practice of the invention. Theobjectives and other advantages of the invention may be realized andattained by the structure particularly pointed out in the writtendescription and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings.

To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purposeof the invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, a displaydevice with integrated touch screen comprises a panel configured toinclude a plurality of electrodes, wherein the panel is division-drivenin a display driving mode and a touch driving mode during one frameperiod; a display driver IC configured to apply a common voltage to theplurality of electrodes during the display driving mode; and an ROICconfigured to apply, to the plurality of electrodes, a touch scan signalfor sensing a touch when the touch driving mode is a first touch drivingmode, and apply, to the plurality of electrodes, a touch scan signal fordetecting a touch input position when the touch driving mode is a secondtouch driving mode, wherein number of times the touch scan signal isapplied to the plurality of electrodes during one frame period when thetouch driving mode is the first touch driving mode is smaller thannumber of times the touch scan signal is applied to the plurality ofelectrodes during one frame period when the touch driving mode is thesecond touch driving mode.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description andthe following detailed description of the present invention areexemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide furtherexplanation of the invention as claimed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a furtherunderstanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute apart of this application, illustrate embodiments of the invention andtogether with the description serve to explain the principle of theinvention. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an application of a touch scan signalin an idle mode and an active mode in a general touch screen displaydevice

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an application of a touch scan signalin an idle mode and an active mode in a general display device withintegrated touch screen;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a display devicewith integrated touch screen according to an embodiment of the presentinvention; and

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an application of a touch scan signalin an idle mode and an active mode in the display device with integratedtouch screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE ILLUSTRATED EMBODIMENTS

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments of thepresent invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be usedthroughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be describedin detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In thespecification, in adding reference numerals for elements in eachdrawing, it should be noted that like reference numerals already used todenote like elements in other drawings are used for elements whereverpossible. In the following description, when the detailed description ofthe relevant known function or configuration is determined tounnecessarily obscure the important point of the present invention, thedetailed description will be omitted.

In describing the elements of the present invention, terms such asfirst, second, A, B, (a), (b), etc., may be used. Such terms are usedfor merely discriminating the corresponding elements from other elementsand the corresponding elements are not limited in their essence,sequence, or precedence by the terms. It will be understood that when anelement or layer is referred to as being “on” or “connected to” anotherelement or layer, it can be directly on or directly connected to theother element or layer, or intervening elements or layers may bepresent.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a display devicewith integrated touch screen according to an embodiment of the presentinvention.

The display device with integrated touch screen according to anembodiment of the present invention includes a panel, which includes athin film transistor (TFT) substrate and a color filter (C/F) substratewhich are provided with a liquid crystal layer therebetween.

In the panel 100, a plurality of data lines 310 are arranged in a firstdirection (for example, a longitudinal direction of the panel 100), aplurality of gate lines 210 are arranged in a second direction (forexample, a horizontal direction of the panel 100), and a plurality ofpixels (not shown) are defined by intersections between the plurality ofdata lines 310 and the plurality of gate lines 210.

A transistor is provided in a pixel area of each of the plurality ofpixels. Here, the transistor includes a source electrode or a drainelectrode connected to a data line, a gate electrode connected to a gateline, and the source electrode or the drain electrode connected to apixel electrode.

The panel 100 includes a plurality of electrodes 100. When a drivingmode of the panel 100 is a touch driving mode, the electrodes 100 aredriven as touch electrodes that sense a touch input of the panel 100according to an applied touch scan signal, and when the driving mode ofthe panel 100 is a display driving mode, the electrodes 100 are drivenas common electrodes that generate an electric field along with pixelelectrodes provided in the panel 100 according to an applied commonvoltage. The plurality of electrodes 110 may be disposed on the TFTsubstrate of the panel 100, or may be disposed on the C/F substrate ofthe panel 100.

The panel 100 may be division-driven in the display driving mode and thetouch driving mode during one frame period by using the plurality ofelectrodes that act as touch electrodes or common electrodes dependingon the driving mode of the panel 100. The panel 100 may act as a displaypanel, or act as a touch screen panel (TSP).

That is, the panel 100 may be a panel in which the display panel and thetouch screen panel are integrated as one body, or may be the displaypanel into which the touch screen panel is built in an in-cell type.

As illustrated in FIG. 3, the display device with integrated touchscreen according to an embodiment of the present invention may furtherinclude a rear resistance layer 150 which is formed on the plurality ofelectrodes 110. Here, the rear resistance layer 150 may contact a top ofthe C/F substrate configuring the panel 100, and may be formed by usingAS pol and Yl coating. In particular, the rear resistance layer 150 maybe formed of a transparent material such as indium tin oxide (ITO). Whena driving mode is the touch driving mode, the rear resistance layer 150may receive a touch scan signal or a signal corresponding to the touchscan signal, thereby reducing a parasitic capacitance which is generateddue to the plurality of electrodes.

The display device with integrated touch screen according to anembodiment of the present invention includes a display driver integratedcircuit (IC). The display driver IC, as illustrated in FIG. 3, includesa gate driver 200, a data driver 300, and a common voltage generator.Here, the common voltage generator may be provided in the gate driver200 and the data driver 300, or may be provided as a separate elementoutside or inside the panel 100.

When the driving mode of the panel 100 is the display driving mode, thedisplay driver IC includes the gate driver 200 that sequentiallysupplies a scan signal to the plurality of gate lines, the data driver300 that respectively supplies data voltages to the plurality of datalines, and the common voltage generator that applies a common voltage tothe plurality of electrodes in the display driving mode.

Here, when the driving mode of the panel 100 is the display drivingmode, the gate driver 200 sequentially applies the scan signal, used fordisplay, to the plurality of gate lines 210.

That is, the gate driver 200 supplies a gate signal, which is the scansignal for display, to the gate lines, and thus, the data voltages arerespectively applied to the pixels of the panel during a display period.

For example, the gate driver 200 supplies the gate signal to the gatelines to select the data lines of the panel 100 to which the datavoltages are applied, and in response to the gate signal, the pixels ofthe panel 100 are charged with data voltages Vdata applied from the datadriver during the display period.

When the driving mode of the panel 100 is the display driving mode, thedata driver 300 applies the data voltages Vdata, used for display, tothe plurality of data lines 310.

The data driver 300 converts RGB data, input from a timing controller(not shown), into data voltages and output the data voltages. The datavoltages output from the data driver are respectively supplied to thedata lines 310.

The data driver 300 shifts a source start pulse SSP from the timingcontroller (not shown) according to a source shift clock SSC to generatea sampling signal. The data driver 300 latches image data RGB, inputaccording to the source shift clock SSC, according to the samplingsignal and converts the image data into the data voltages. Then, thedata driver 300 respectively supplies the data voltages to the datalines in units of a horizontal line in response to a source outputenable signal SOE.

To this end, the data driver 300 may include a data sampling unit, alatch, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and an output buffer. Thedata driver 300 may include an ROIC.

The common voltage generator generates the common voltage, and appliesthe generated common voltage to all the electrodes of the panel 100 inthe display driving mode. Liquid crystal is driven with an electricfield which is generated between the common electrode and the pixelelectrode by the applied common voltage.

For reference, the timing controller receives a timing signal, includinga vertical sync signal Vsync, a horizontal sync signal Hsync, a dataenable signal DE, and a main clock CLK which are input from a system(not shown), to generate control signals GCS and DCS for controllingoperation timings of the gate driver 200 and the data driver 300, andrealigns RGB data input from the system (not shown) to output therealigned RGB data to the data driver 300.

The display device with integrated touch screen according to anembodiment of the present invention includes the ROIC. The ROIC may beprovided in the data driver 300, or the ROIC and the data driver may beprovided in one chip. Alternatively, based on a size or a type of thepanel 100, the ROIC may be provided in the gate driver, or may beprovided outside the gate driver and the data driver.

When the driving mode of the panel 100 is the touch driving mode, theROIC applies a touch scan signal to all or some of the plurality ofelectrodes 110. Here, the touch scan signal is referred to as a touchsensing signal, a touch sensing voltage, or a touch driving voltage.

For example, when the driving mode of the panel 100 is the touch drivingmode, the ROIC applies the touch scan signal to the plurality ofelectrodes. Here, when the plurality of electrodes are grouped, the ROICmay apply the touch scan signal to all or some of a plurality ofelectrode groups.

The touch driving mode according to an embodiment of the presentinvention is divided into a touch idle driving mode and a touch activedriving mode, namely, is divided into an idle driving mode fordetermining the presence of a touch input and an active driving mode fordetecting a touch input position.

When the touch driving mode is the idle driving mode, the ROIC accordingto an embodiment of the present invention applies, to the plurality ofelectrodes, the touch scan signal for determined whether there is atouch input, and determines whether the panel 100 is touched. When thetouch driving mode is the active driving mode, the ROIC applies, to theplurality of electrodes, the touch scan signal for detecting a touchinput position, and detects a touch input position of the panel 100.

Particularly, in the ROIC, the number of times the touch scan signal isapplied to all the electrodes during one frame period in the idledriving mode is smaller than the number of times the touch scan signalis applied to all the electrodes during one frame period in the activedriving mode.

For example, in the idle driving mode, the touch scan signal is appliedto all the electrodes once during one frame period, and in the activedriving mode, the touch scan signal is applied to all the electrodestwice or more during one frame period.

Due to such driving, in the display device with integrated touch screenaccording to an embodiment of the present invention, the number of timesthe touch scan signal is applied in the idle driving mode is reduced,thereby reducing consumption power. Also, in the touch idle drivingmode, a driving time is shortened, and a display driving time increases,thereby improving a quality of an image in display driving.

Moreover, the ROIC receives sensing data (for example, a capacitance, achange amount of a capacitance, a voltage, etc.) measured by the ROICaccording to the touch scan signal applied to the plurality ofelectrodes 110 acting as touch electrodes, determines whether there is atouch, and detects touch coordinates. For such an operation, the ROICmay further include a touch controller (not shown).

In other words, the touch controller receives a feedback signal based onthe touch scan signal for sensing a touch and a feedback signal (i.e.,sensing data) based on the touch scan signal for detecting a touch inputposition from the plurality of electrodes, and determines whether thepanel 100 is touched or detects a touch input position.

The panel 100 of the display device with integrated touch screenaccording to an embodiment of the present invention repeatedly executesthe display driving mode and the touch driving mode, and a timing ofeach of the display driving mode and the touch driving mode may becontrolled according to a control signal output from the timingcontroller or the touch controller. Depending on the case, the timing ofeach of the display driving mode and the touch driving mode may becontrolled by an interoperation of the timing controller or the touchcontroller.

In applying the touch scan signal to all or some of the plurality ofelectrodes 110, the ROIC may apply the touch scan signal through thedata driver 300, or may apply the touch scan signal through the gatedriver 200. In FIG. 3, it is illustrated that the touch scan signal isapplied through the data driver, but the present invention is notlimited thereto.

For reference, the common voltage which is generated for display drivingby the common voltage generator is transferred to the plurality ofelectrodes through a signal line 320.

A direction, in which at least one signal line connected to each of theplurality of electrodes is provided, may be changed according to whichof the data driver and the gate driver the touch scan signal and thecommon voltage are transferred through.

However, when the touch scan signal or the common voltage is transferredto the plurality of electrodes through the gate driver, a plurality ofsignal lines which connect the gate driver to the plurality ofelectrodes may be parallel to a direction in which the plurality of gatelines are provided.

As described above, the signal line 320 which allows the touch scansignal generated by the ROIC to be transferred to the plurality ofelectrodes through the data driver or the gate driver is provided.

In order to prevent an aperture ratio from being reduced, the signalline 320 may be provided in an area of the TFT substrate of the panel100 corresponding to an area of a black matrix which is provided on theC/F substrate of the panel 100.

When the plurality of electrodes 110 are connected to the signal linesthrough two or more contact holes, a resistance between the plurality ofelectrodes and the signal line can be reduced.

In the above-described operation of the display device with integratedtouch screen according to an embodiment of the present invention, anoperation of the ROIC will be described in detail with reference to FIG.4 again.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an application of a touch scan signalin an idle mode and an active mode in the display device with integratedtouch screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, in the touch active driving mode included inthe touch driving mode, electrodes #1 to #6 are sensed a total of twotimes. In other words, in the touch active driving mode during one frameperiod, the touch scan signal is applied to all electrodes a total oftwo times. In the touch idle driving mode, the electrodes #1 to #6 aresensed once.

In the display device with integrated touch screen according to anembodiment of the present invention, the display driving mode and thetouch driving mode may be alternately division-driven during one frameperiod.

Particularly, according to an embodiment of the present invention, thedisplay driving mode and the touch active driving mode are alternatelydivision-driven twice each. When the panel 100 is driven in the touchactive driving mode during one frame, the ROIC maintains a turn-onstate, and when the panel 100 is driven in the display driving mode, theROIC maintains a turn-off state.

However, when the driving mode is the touch idle driving mode, the ROICmaintains a turn-on state during only a period where the touch scansignal is applied to all the plurality of electrodes in one frameperiod, and during the other period, the ROIC maintains a turn-offstate. Such driving can be seen in the drawing (corresponding to theidle driving mode) illustrating an operation of the ROIC illustrated inFIG. 4. In other words, when the driving mode is the touch idle drivingmode, although the display driving mode is turned off, the ROICmaintains a turn-off state.

Therefore, although the display driving mode is turned off, the ROICdoes not unconditionally maintain a turn-on state. That is, the ROICmaintains a turn-on state during only period where the touch scan signalis applied to all the electrodes once during one frame period in theidle driving mode, and during the other period, the ROIC maintains aturn-off state, thereby reducing consumption power.

According to the example embodiments of the present invention, in thedisplay device with integrated touch screen, the number of times thetouch scan signal is applied in the touch active driving mode during oneframe differs from the number of times the touch scan signal is appliedin the touch idle driving mode during one frame, and thus, powerconsumption can be reduced in the touch idle mode. Further, a touchdriving operation for sensing a touch is performed for a minimum of timein a touch idle driving mode included in a touch driving mode, and thus,power consumption can be reduced as compared to the related art.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that variousmodifications and variations can be made in the present inventionwithout departing from the spirit or scope of the inventions. Thus, itis intended that the present invention covers the modifications andvariations of this invention provided they come within the scope of theappended claims and their equivalents.

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 9. A driver circuit for a touch sensitive displaydevice, the display device comprising a panel including a plurality oftouch electrodes, the driver circuit comprising: circuitry to providetouch scan signals to the touch electrodes, wherein the circuitry isenabled to provide the touch scan signals to the touch electrodes for afirst duration over a predetermined period in a first touch drivingmode; and wherein the circuitry is enabled to provide the touch scansignals to the touch electrodes for a second duration over thepredetermined period in a second touch driving mode, the second durationbeing smaller than the first duration.
 10. The driver circuit of claim9, wherein a touch input is sensed during the second touch driving modeand a position of the touch input is determined during the first touchdriving mode.
 11. The driver circuit of claim 9, wherein a number oftimes the touch scan signal is applied to the touch electrodes over thepredetermined period in the second touch driving mode is smaller than anumber of times the touch scan signal is applied to the touch electrodesin the first touch driving mode.
 12. The driver circuit of claim 11,wherein the predetermined period is one frame period of the touchsensitive display device, and the touch scan signal is applied to thetouch electrodes twice over the one frame period in the first touchdriving mode and once over the one frame period during the second touchdriving mode.
 13. The driver circuit of claim 9, wherein the drivercircuit is further configured to apply a common voltage to the touchelectrodes during a display period of the touch sensitive display deviceand apply the touch scan signal to the touch electrodes during a touchperiod of the touch sensitive display device either in the first touchdriving mode or the second touch driving mode, the display periodalternating with the touch period over the predetermined period.
 14. Thedriver circuit of claim 13, wherein the driver circuit is turned offduring the display period.
 15. The driver circuit of claim 13, whereinthe driver circuit is turned on while the driver circuit applies thetouch scan signals to the touch electrodes during the touch period andis turned off while the driver circuit does not apply the touch scansignals to the touch electrodes during the touch period.
 16. The drivercircuit of claim 9, wherein the driver circuit receives from the touchelectrodes a feedback signal based on the touch scan signal anddetermines presence of a touch input on the touch electrodes or aposition of the touch input based on the feedback signal.
 17. A methodof driving a touch sensitive display device, the touch sensitive displaydevice comprising a panel including a plurality of touch electrodes andcircuitry to provide touch scan signals to the touch electrodes, themethod comprising: providing the touch scan signals to the touchelectrodes for a first duration over a predetermined period in a firsttouch driving mode; and providing the touch scan signals to the touchelectrodes for a second duration over the predetermined period in asecond touch driving mode, the second duration being smaller than thefirst duration.
 18. The method of claim 17, wherein a touch input issensed during the second touch driving mode and a position of the touchinput is determined during the first touch driving mode.
 19. The methodof claim 17, wherein a number of times the touch scan signal is appliedto the touch electrodes over the predetermined period in the secondtouch driving mode is smaller than a number of times the touch scansignal is applied to the touch electrodes in the first touch drivingmode.
 20. The method of claim 19, wherein the predetermined period isone frame period of the touch sensitive display device, and the touchscan signal is applied to the touch electrodes twice over the one frameperiod in the first touch driving mode and once over the one frameperiod during the second touch driving mode.
 21. The method of claim 17,further comprising: applying a common voltage to the touch electrodesduring a display period of the touch sensitive display device; andapplying the touch scan signal to the touch electrodes during a touchperiod of the touch sensitive display device either in the first touchdriving mode or the second touch driving mode, wherein the displayperiod alternates with the touch period over the predetermined period.22. The method of claim 21, wherein the circuitry to provide the touchscan signals to the touch electrodes is turned off during the displayperiod.
 23. The method of claim 21, wherein the circuitry to provide thetouch scan signals to the touch electrodes is turned on while the touchscan signals are applied to the touch electrodes during the touch periodand is turned off while the touch scan signals are not applied to thetouch electrodes during the touch period.
 24. The method of claim 17,further comprising: receiving from the touch electrodes a feedbacksignal based on the touch scan signal; and determining presence of atouch input on the touch electrodes or a position of the touch inputbased on the feedback signal.
 25. A touch sensitive display device,comprising: a panel including a plurality of touch electrodes; and adriver circuit to provide touch scan signals to the touch electrodes,wherein the driver circuit is enabled to provide the touch scan signalsto the touch electrodes for a first duration over a predetermined periodin a first touch driving mode; and wherein the driver circuit is enabledto provide the touch scan signals to the touch electrodes for a secondduration over the predetermined period in a second touch driving mode,the second duration being smaller than the first duration.
 26. The touchsensitive display device of claim 25, wherein a touch input is sensedduring the second touch driving mode and a position of the touch inputis determined during the first touch driving mode.
 27. The touchsensitive display device of claim 25, wherein a number of times thetouch scan signal is applied to the touch electrodes over thepredetermined period in the second touch driving mode is smaller than anumber of times the touch scan signal is applied to the touch electrodesin the first touch driving mode.
 28. The touch sensitive display deviceof claim 27, wherein the predetermined period is one frame period of thetouch sensitive display device, and the touch scan signal is applied tothe touch electrodes twice over the one frame period in the first touchdriving mode and once over the one frame period during the second touchdriving mode.
 29. The touch sensitive display device of claim 25,wherein the driver circuit is further configured to apply a commonvoltage to the touch electrodes during a display period of the touchsensitive display device and apply the touch scan signal to the touchelectrodes during a touch period of the touch sensitive display deviceeither in the first touch driving mode or the second touch driving mode,the display period alternating with the touch period over thepredetermined period.
 30. The touch sensitive display device of claim29, wherein the driver circuit is turned off during the display period.31. The touch sensitive display device of claim 29, wherein the drivercircuit is turned on while the driver circuit applies the touch scansignals to the touch electrodes during the touch period and is turnedoff while the driver circuit does not apply the touch scan signals tothe touch electrodes during the touch period.
 32. The touch sensitivedisplay device of claim 25, wherein the driver circuit receives from thetouch electrodes a feedback signal based on the touch scan signal anddetermines presence of a touch input on the touch electrodes or aposition of the touch input based on the feedback signal.